Let me begin by saying that, while you were in Iraq, I was ambassador to Iraq in 2010 to 2013, and I certainly noticed the same dynamic, the political complexity that you referred to. This reminds me, and I would like to make the point to the committee that, fundamentally, all of these peace missions live or die, succeed or fail, based on the political dialogue and the political peace processes that are at play. They do not depend on the kinds of military inputs. Military inputs are very important in terms of providing an opportunity to create a space and enough stability for these political processes to move forward, but ultimately, these are political challenges and not military ones.
In terms of values, if we use Iraq as example again, this is not a case of Canada trying to impose on another country values that are foreign to it. In fact, as you will recall, in Iraq there's a firm appreciation of the need to build an inclusive, pluralistic, democratic, free society. We, as a country that also embraces those values, are well equipped to support it, particularly as it is a country with a number of regions that each want to see their own autonomy reflected in an ultimate political arrangement.
As I say, we have our values. We think our values are shared around the world, particularly in places where we will be deployed, and our job is to try to support countries as they seek to embed those values in their political arrangements.